Erie woman charged with tying up, assaulting woman

Staff report

January 3, 2013 06:50 AM

Staff report

January 3, 2013 06:50 AM

An Erie woman remains in jail today on charges of tying up and assaulting a woman at an eastside residence on Monday night.

Chelsea K. Tate, 19, of the 1900 block of Linwood Avenue, was placed in the Erie County Prison on 10 percent of $15,000 bond after she was arraigned Tuesday before Erie 5th Ward District Judge Joseph Lefaiver on charges of aggravated assault and unlawful restraint.

Police accuse Tate of tying up a woman with a ripped T-shirt, beating her with a metal rod and holding a box cutter to her neck at a residence in the 500 block of East 22nd Street on Monday at about 9 p.m., according to the criminal complaint filed in the case.